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6 killed, 14 injured in Kiev shooting
April 18, 2026
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Six people were killed and another 14 injured on Saturday after a man opened fire on the streets of the Ukrainian capital, reported Xinhua, quoting media reports. Earlier in the day, a gunman opened fire at pedestrians in Kiev's southern Holosiivsky district. Following the shooting, the attacker took people hostage in a nearby supermarket, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
He added that the attacker was killed during the arrest. Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said the attacker was a 58-year-old man. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said Saturday that it is considering the shooting in Kiev as a terror act, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported. Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine have classified the shooting of civilians and the taking of hostages in the Holosiivsky district of Kiev as a terrorist act, the SSU said in a statement. The motives behind the incident are being investigated.
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